EDF6225 COMPREHENSIVE UPDATED QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔determinism - ✔✔- Assumption upon which science is predicted
- Presumption that the universe is a lawful and orderly place in which all phenomena
occur as the result of other events
- Events do not just occur at will
- Events are related in systematic ways
✔✔empiricism - ✔✔- Practice of objective observation of phenomena of interest
- What all scientific knowledge is built upon
- "Objective" is the key to gaining a better understanding of what is being studied
✔✔experimentation - ✔✔- Basic strategy in most sciences
- Experiment:
◦Controlled comparison of some measure of the phenomenon of interest (dependent
variable) under two of more different conditions in which only one factor at a time
(independent variable) differs from one condition to another
✔✔replication - ✔✔- The repetition of experiments to determine the reliability and
usefulness of findings
- Includes the repetition of independent variable conditions within experiments
- Method for which mistakes are discovered
, ✔✔parsimony - ✔✔- The idea that simple, logical explanations must be ruled out,
experimentally or conceptually, before more complex or abstract explanations are
considered
- Help scientists fit findings within the field's existing knowledge base
✔✔philosophical doubt - ✔✔- The continuous questioning of the truthfulness and
validity of all scientific theory and knowledge
- Involves the use of scientific evidence before implementing a new practice, then
constantly monitoring the effectiveness of the practice after its implementation
✔✔science relies on - ✔✔determinism as its fundamental assumption
✔✔science's prime directive = - ✔✔empiricism
✔✔science's basic strategy - ✔✔experimentation
✔✔science's requirement for believability - ✔✔replication
✔✔science's conservative value - ✔✔parsimony
✔✔science's guiding conscience - ✔✔philosophical doubt
✔✔behavior analysis is composed of 3 major branches - ✔✔1. behaviorism
2. experimental analysis of behavior (EAB)
3. ABA
✔✔behaviorism - ✔✔philosophy of the science of behavior
✔✔EAB - ✔✔basic research
✔✔ABA - ✔✔- Development of a technology for improving behavior
- Can only be understood in the context of the philosophy & basic research traditions &
findings
✔✔recognized as moving the field of psychology in a new direction - ✔✔watson
✔✔Watson argued that - ✔✔subject matter for psychology should be the study of
observable behavior, not states of mind or mental processes
✔✔early form of behaviorism known as - ✔✔◦stimulus-response (S-R) psychology
(Watsonian behaviorism)
◦Created foundation for the study of behavior as a natural science
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔determinism - ✔✔- Assumption upon which science is predicted
- Presumption that the universe is a lawful and orderly place in which all phenomena
occur as the result of other events
- Events do not just occur at will
- Events are related in systematic ways
✔✔empiricism - ✔✔- Practice of objective observation of phenomena of interest
- What all scientific knowledge is built upon
- "Objective" is the key to gaining a better understanding of what is being studied
✔✔experimentation - ✔✔- Basic strategy in most sciences
- Experiment:
◦Controlled comparison of some measure of the phenomenon of interest (dependent
variable) under two of more different conditions in which only one factor at a time
(independent variable) differs from one condition to another
✔✔replication - ✔✔- The repetition of experiments to determine the reliability and
usefulness of findings
- Includes the repetition of independent variable conditions within experiments
- Method for which mistakes are discovered
, ✔✔parsimony - ✔✔- The idea that simple, logical explanations must be ruled out,
experimentally or conceptually, before more complex or abstract explanations are
considered
- Help scientists fit findings within the field's existing knowledge base
✔✔philosophical doubt - ✔✔- The continuous questioning of the truthfulness and
validity of all scientific theory and knowledge
- Involves the use of scientific evidence before implementing a new practice, then
constantly monitoring the effectiveness of the practice after its implementation
✔✔science relies on - ✔✔determinism as its fundamental assumption
✔✔science's prime directive = - ✔✔empiricism
✔✔science's basic strategy - ✔✔experimentation
✔✔science's requirement for believability - ✔✔replication
✔✔science's conservative value - ✔✔parsimony
✔✔science's guiding conscience - ✔✔philosophical doubt
✔✔behavior analysis is composed of 3 major branches - ✔✔1. behaviorism
2. experimental analysis of behavior (EAB)
3. ABA
✔✔behaviorism - ✔✔philosophy of the science of behavior
✔✔EAB - ✔✔basic research
✔✔ABA - ✔✔- Development of a technology for improving behavior
- Can only be understood in the context of the philosophy & basic research traditions &
findings
✔✔recognized as moving the field of psychology in a new direction - ✔✔watson
✔✔Watson argued that - ✔✔subject matter for psychology should be the study of
observable behavior, not states of mind or mental processes
✔✔early form of behaviorism known as - ✔✔◦stimulus-response (S-R) psychology
(Watsonian behaviorism)
◦Created foundation for the study of behavior as a natural science
